Learning the Alphabet Song

Brayden has been trying to learn the alphabet song. He has had no interest into singing until recently. (probably because he can hear now!) Here are 3 attempts trying to get him to sing it while we record.

Maverick's New Home

We moved Maverick to his new barn yesterday. It is at the same ranch but just a newer, bigger barn. Our tack/feed room is connected to the stall which is great! His stall is twice the size of his previous one plus we have a hay loft. Such a spoiled horse we have!

Brayden playing in the dirt with his car.

I found Ashton hiding in the hay loft reading a book!

My Thursday

Yesterday was a very busy day for me and the kids. On Thursday's we have storytime at the library which is always fun. We checked out tons of books to keep us busy till next Thursday. Brayden is finally sitting still long enough to read a book together. I can tell his hearing has improved dramatically. It is fun to watch him learn new things.

Then since we are so lucky to live in the city limits, we had to take our car to the car inspection before we could renew our tags. I dread this every year! I brought Ashton some school stuff and Brayden had plenty of books to keep him occupied. I took my camera along to capture these great moments!

After wasting gas while waiting in line for an hour, we went to actually pay for our tags. That didn't too take long. Then we went to grab a bite to eat and drop off Ashton for Scrabble club. While we waited to pick Ashton back up, we found a nearby park to play at.


After all that, I was ready to go home and take a nap!

Being a Volunteer

I have been meaning to post this, but I just never got around to scanning the Bartlett Newsletter. This summer Ashton volunteered at the library along with one of her friends. She worked 4 hours a week during June and July. The newsletter has an article and picture of her and Kailey at the bottom left column. I am so proud of her! You can click on the picture to enlarge it, so you can read it!

Science

Since Brayden was at Mother's Day Out, Ashton and I had fun with science today. At the begininng of the school year, we bought a compound microscope to make science more hands on. Today we looked at the different phases of mitosis in an onion root. Can you name the fives phases of mitosis?

More Photos...My College Graduation

My sister gave me the photos she took of my college graduation that took place over a year ago. I went back to finish up my degree at the University of Memphis in Business Administration. My major was Accounting with a minor in Finance. That was a great feeling to cross that stage as a college graduate. No more school for me!

Old photos

My sister, Kim, and I have been going through a lot of family photos since my papaw has passed. We have found old love letters and telegrams between my mamaw and papaw. We have a lot of pictures that he took while he was stationed in England, Germany and France during WWII. In the future I hope to scan them and scrapbook them to pass them to my children.

My sister found some photos of family trips we have taken a couple of years ago that I never knew she had. It is fun to see how eveyone has changed in just this short time. We went to a family reunion (my mamaw's side)in Jackson, LA. We got to visit with a lot of family and eat Cajun food (YUM!) These pictures are of us doing some site seeing.